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- ↑ "Flinders News > Blog Archive > Flinders scientists make a splash". blogs.flinders.edu.au. Retrieved 8 December 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Peddie, Clare (14 August 2015). "SA Scientist of the Year Craig Simmons is The Advertiser's Scientist in Residence". The Advertiser. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ↑ Simmons, Craig (1 April 2015). "Stewarding our hidden groundwater asset" (PDF). ATSE. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ↑ "Scientist says groundwater 'buried treasure' of the future | Eco News". econews.com.au. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ↑ "Academy announces 2022 Fellows for outstanding contributions to science". Australian Academy of Science. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
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